Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
PILGRIM'S PRIDE ATHENS PROCESSING PLANT
898 BARBER ST, ATHENS, GA, 30601
Parent company: JBS USA FOOD CO
Top chemical totals
The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.
Full release table
Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.
| All values in pounds (lbs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ammonia | Peracetic acid | Chlorine dioxide | Total (lbs) | ||
| 2024 | — | 8,316 | — | 8,316 | ||
| 2023 | 12,164 | 7,864 | — | 20,028 | ||
| 2022 | — | 9,857 | — | 9,857 | ||
| 2021 | — | 8,341 | — | 8,341 | ||
| 2020 | — | 1,243 | — | 1,243 | ||
| 2019 | — | 1,606 | — | 1,606 | ||
| 2018 | 20,105 | 990 | — | 21,095 | ||
| 2017 | 17,512 | 572 | — | 18,084 | ||
| 2016 | 13,492 | — | — | 13,492 | ||
| 2015 | 5,344 | — | — | 5,344 | ||
| 2014 | 5,467 | — | — | 5,467 | ||
| 2012 | 6,054 | — | — | 6,054 | ||
| 2007 | 19,546 | — | 96 | 19,642 | ||
| 2006 | — | — | 182 | 182 | ||
| 2001 | 9,409 | — | — | 9,409 | ||
| 1999 | 17,947 | — | — | 17,947 | ||
| 1998 | 44,000 | — | — | 44,000 | ||
| 1997 | 27,000 | — | — | 27,000 | ||
| 1996 | 22,000 | — | — | 22,000 | ||
| 1995 | 30,000 | — | — | 30,000 | ||
| 1994 | 35,000 | — | — | 35,000 | ||
| 1993 | 31,000 | — | — | 31,000 | ||
| 1992 | 22,000 | — | — | 22,000 | ||
| 1991 | 50,000 | — | — | 50,000 | ||
| 1990 | 18,000 | — | — | 18,000 | ||
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.